domenica 23 giugno 2013

18 June 2013: The targeting of Dipendra Bhetwal by the Nepalese
embassy in Qatar due to an article he wrote criticizing Maya Kumari
Sharma, the Nepalese Ambassador to Qatar, highlights the systemic
failure of the Government of Nepal to protect the rights of migrant
workers abroad.

Last week reports emerged in the media that the
Nepalese embassy in Qatar requested the Qatari authorities to detain and
deport Bhetwal in a letter sent on 1 May. Bhetwal, who had been out of
the country, was summoned by the Qatari Search and Follow Up Department
on Sunday 16 June. Although he was asked to bring his passport and
flight ticket, he was later allowed to leave and was not deported.
Further reports suggest that the Embassy has since withdrawn its request
following an intervention by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
Kathmandu.